Medicine River (1993)
When photographer Will returns home for his mother's funeral he gets more than he bargained for from a strange cast of characters on the reservation.
Top billed cast
Graham GreeneWill
Tom JacksonHarlen Bigbear
Sheila TouseyLouise Heavyman
Janet-Laine GreenEllen Lesly
Byron Chief-MoonClyde Whiteman
Jimmy HermanLionel James- Tina Louise BomberryBertha Morely
Ben CardinalBig John Yellowrabbit- Michael LawrenchukEddie Weaselhead
Raoul Max TrujilloFloyd
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